CVE Catalog

CVE-2024-12139

MediumCVSS 4.3
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The error handling implementation fails to properly sanitize or validate user-supplied input within URL parameters under specific conditions. This allows end-users to manipulate error messages displayed by the application.

Risk Assessment

A malicious actor can inject arbitrary content into error messages, performing social engineering attacks such as phishing or credential theft. This can mislead users into compromising sensitive information or taking harmful actions.

Recommendation

Implement proper sanitization and validation of URL parameter input and encode error messages. Update the application to a patched version if available.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The error handling implementation fails to properly sanitize or validate user-supplied input within URL parameters under specific conditions. This allows end-users to manipulate the error messages that are displayed by the application. By exploiting this vulnerability, malicious actors can inject arbitrary content into error messages. This enables them to perform social engineering attacks, such as phishing or credential theft, by replacing legitimate error messages with malicious content, misleading users into compromising sensitive information or taking harmful actions.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS